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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3><STRONG>Plastic wrap gets passenger
kicked off plane</STRONG> <BR><BR>El Al prevented an ultra-Orthodox passenger
from flying wrapped in a plastic bag this Friday, even returning the taxiing
plane to its parking spot at Ben-Gurion Airport in order to remove him from the
aircraft. Faced with this threat, the passenger agreed to remove the bag. The
passenger, a cohen (member of the priestly caste), had wrapped himself in the
bag for fear the plane would fly over the Holon cemetery. Cohanim are not
supposed to enter a cemetery, and a leading ultra-Orthodox rabbi has ruled that
flying over one is equivalent. El Al denies that its planes fly over the
cemetery when leaving Israel, and says the plastic bags violate safety
regulations. (Zohar Blumenkrantz) </FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>